Thank you, Turbine....for expanding my vocabulary

[whheydt]

Yesterday, one of my characters got a T9 Cooking Scroll as a drop. My Cook opened it and learned the recipe for "Blackberry & Pear Scrumble". "Scrumble", I wondered? Never seen that word before. A short google search later and I find that it is (a) usually used to to describe small piece of random crochet or knitting to be assembled into something larger, and (b) the BBC food page has a recipe for...."Blackberry & Pear Scrumble".

It's what I would have otherwise described as a "cobbler", a sort of fruit pie with no lower crust and thick sort of biscuit (US usage) crust. The BBC recipes use a scone batter for the crust, which is pretty much the same thing.

I do have to congratulate Turbine for using real British food items several times. This one goes well with toad-in-a-hole. bubble and squeak, and <rooster>-a-leekie soup (the real first word gets eaten by the language filter).

Can anyone think of any others and/or has anyone found any more interesting new recipes?

[Easca]

I myself have always been impressed by the cook's recipes in this game.

Some of my favourites are:

• Golden Mullet Chowder (I had no idea what either a Mullet or a Chowder was).
• Feast of Rohan (I actually made this one in real life when I was bored, and let me tell you, a flank of beef with blackberries and potatoes, a bit of thyme and some sea-salt is top notch).
• Bread and Jam (the simplicity of it is stunning).
• Rack of Lamb with Mintsauce (nom nom :3 ).
• Bubble and Squeak.
• Cup of Red Tea (splendid).
• Toad-in-the-hole.
• Bannock.
• Black Pudding.
• Bacon-wrapped Flapjack.
• Potato Scone (LOL).
• Warm Cherry Soup
• Neeps An'tatties.

Also some other words this game has taught me:

• Soliloquy
• Righteousness
• Bolster
• Pibgorn
• Subdual
• Herald
• Discordant
• Alas!

[Shooby]

Scrumble is a cross between a crumble and a scone. Rare but excellent stuff!!

I like the effort made in finding these old UK recipes.
It almost makes me forgive Turbine for that stupid dwarf asking for "Candy" in Thorin's hall during the festivals.

[Flaxie]

interesting...
I hadn't really thought much about it, though I did recognize a few.

Wouldn't it be nice if someone compiled a RL recipe book of all the LOTRO cooks recipes?
I might even be encouraged to start actually cooking again...

[CookieArtisan]

I myself have always been impressed by the cook's recipes in this game.

Also some other words this game has taught me:

• Pibgorn

I also had to look up "pibgorn"....and i was a music major in college!!! >_<

As far as food, the Farmer's Faire made me so hungry for soft cheese and sweet bread i was making my own bread, and eating it with brie at the puter all the time playing while it was going on. mmmmmmmmmm...

[RockX]

interesting...
I hadn't really thought much about it, though I did recognize a few.

Wouldn't it be nice if someone compiled a RL recipe book of all the LOTRO cooks recipes?
I might even be encouraged to start actually cooking again...

I've seen a couple fan-sites attempt to do interpretations of our Cook recipes and general LOTR food. I unfortunately can't remember the URLs off the top of my head, but I'm sure a web search could find them.

And boy, lamb sure does sound good right about now.

[Flaxie]

And boy, lamb sure does sound good right about now.

*shudder* Ok. I's skip THOSE. I can't stand ANYTHING that comes from sheep. Sheep's wool is hot and itchy, mutton and lamb taste awful, lanoline stinks...
(granted these are all personal opinions, but to me, sheep are the stupidest and most useless creatures on the planet.)

(Especially since we have access to natural products from other livestock to replace all the above, that are infinitely better quality.)

[blackjack2138]

*shudder* Ok. I's skip THOSE. I can't stand ANYTHING that comes from sheep. Sheep's wool is hot and itchy, mutton and lamb taste awful, lanoline stinks...
(granted these are all personal opinions, but to me, sheep are the stupidest and most useless creatures on the planet.)

(Especially since we have access to natural products from other livestock to replace all the above, that are infinitely better quality.)

The sheep of the world will rise up to destroy you for this anti-sheep rant

[Flaxie]

The sheep of the world will rise up to destroy you for this anti-sheep rant

Not too worried. Anything stupid enough to over-graze to the point of killing it's own food source (the reason shepherds have to force them to move from pasture to pasture), can't be much of a threat.

[whheydt]

(I very much like "lamb", which--in the US--is almost invariably really a fairly young mutton.)

Since my grandson (aged 5) dearly loves old WB cartoons, I am well aware that sheep are useful...

They provide employment opportunities for sheepdogs and they are easy targets for predatory coyotes (hence the fully employed sheepdogs).

Back in the real world... About 20 years ago I was in Australia for a couple of weeks, part of which was staying with some nice folks in Canberra. A couple from New Zealand was there as one. One day our host took us all along grocery shopping. I was eyeing the meat counter with the intent to contribute to meals to ease the burden. Since I was looking at packages of half a side of lamb at $2(AUS) per kilogram, she asked if I liked lamb and went on to explain that it generally only got served at SCA feasts there if there was a tight budget. Meanwhile, the New Zealanders looked at the price of lamb and expressed shock at how expensive it was. Both the Australian and the New Zealanders were horrified when I told them what lamb cost in the US.

And a different sidetrack... From the list earlier in the thread...I associate bannock with the Pacific Northwest Indians.

[Easca]

I've seen a couple fan-sites attempt to do interpretations of our Cook recipes and general LOTR food. I unfortunately can't remember the URLs off the top of my head, but I'm sure a web search could find them.

And boy, lamb sure does sound good right about now.

I can give my interpretation for the Feast of Rohan....

Feast of Rohan

Ingredients

• Your local butcher's best piece of beef. Preferably fresh and red, with plenty of meat and juice.
• About 200 grams of blackberries.
• Three medium-sized potatoes (more can be added if so desired).
• Sunflower oil.
• Butter.
• Salt.
• Thyme.
• Some wine.
• Garlic.
• Three big onions.
• About 300 grams of spinache.

How to make the Feast

1. Preheat the oven at 200 C.
2. Grease a baking dish with butter.
3. Put in the steak.
4. Sprinkle with salt, thyme and whole pieces of garlic.
5. Rub the salt and thyme into the meat on both sides and drizzle some sunflower oil over the steak. Also drizzle some wine (preferrably red, but a white Australian one will do too).
6. Peel one onion and drizzle some sunflower oil over it. Put this onion in the same baking dash as the steak.
7. Take the potatoes, drizzle some sunflower oil over them, sprinkle with salt and thyme and put them around the steak.
8. Throw a handful (about 100 gr) of blackberries into the baking dish.
9. Put it in the oven for about 20 minutes, and then check every 5 minutes until it is ready the way you like it.
10. In the meanwhile, chop the remaining onions and some garlic. Also take the spinache.
11. Heat some oil in a pan and sauté the onions and garlic. Then add the spinache, and add salt and thyme as you like.
12. Wait until the spinache has shrunk and then take the pan off the fire.
13. When the beef is ready, take it out of the oven and put it on a plate. Put the potatoes on one side of the beef and place the spinache around it. Then put the one roasted onion next to it. Finally, sprinkle it with the remaining blackberries.
14. Take a glass of wine and enjoy your meal.

[WBS]

The sheep of the world will rise up to destroy you for this anti-sheep rant

I couldn't resist.

[Calta]

Scrumble is a cross between a crumble and a scone. Rare but excellent stuff!!

I like the effort made in finding these old UK recipes.
It almost makes me forgive Turbine for that stupid dwarf asking for "Candy" in Thorin's hall during the festivals.

LOL Glad I wasn't the only one ranting at the computer about that!

[bigsix66]

Scrumble is a cross between a crumble and a scone. Rare but excellent stuff!!

I like the effort made in finding these old UK recipes.

I agree completely. I've posted this sentiment elsewhere, but this seems to be a more appropriate place to state it. I really appreciate the time the dev (Ayvan?) took to research and recreate these great UK recipes. Much of the other "fluff" stuff hasn't made it into the game in the last few years, but I'm really glad that we're not seeing things like "Rohan Lunch #3" in the cooking recipes.

Please keep up the good work in finding these recipes! My kinnie, after being inspired by cooking in-game, sometimes cooks this stuff in RL. And she shares. I look forward to tasting the scrumble.

[Edrogar]

I can give my interpretation for the Feast of Rohan....

Feast of Rohan

Ingredients

• Your local butcher's best piece of beef. Preferably fresh and red, with plenty of meat and juice.
• About 200 grams of blackberries.
• Three medium-sized potatoes (more can be added if so desired).
• Sunflower oil.
• Butter.
• Salt.
• Thyme.
• Some wine.
• Garlic.
• Three big onions.
• About 300 grams of spinache.

How to make the Feast

1. Preheat the oven at 200 C.
2. Grease a baking dish with butter.
3. Put in the steak.
4. Sprinkle with salt, thyme and whole pieces of garlic.
5. Rub the salt and thyme into the meat on both sides and drizzle some sunflower oil over the steak. Also drizzle some wine (preferrably red, but a white Australian one will do too).
6. Peel one onion and drizzle some sunflower oil over it. Put this onion in the same baking dash as the steak.
7. Take the potatoes, drizzle some sunflower oil over them, sprinkle with salt and thyme and put them around the steak.
8. Throw a handful (about 100 gr) of blackberries into the baking dish.
9. Put it in the oven for about 20 minutes, and then check every 5 minutes until it is ready the way you like it.
10. In the meanwhile, chop the remaining onions and some garlic. Also take the spinache.
11. Heat some oil in a pan and sauté the onions and garlic. Then add the spinache, and add salt and thyme as you like.
12. Wait until the spinache has shrunk and then take the pan off the fire.
13. When the beef is ready, take it out of the oven and put it on a plate. Put the potatoes on one side of the beef and place the spinache around it. Then put the one roasted onion next to it. Finally, sprinkle it with the remaining blackberries.
14. Take a glass of wine and enjoy your meal.

If you tried cooking like that in my kitchen you'd be out on your ear in no time, far too much reliance on oil and cooking any steak for that long is blasphemy unless it's a cut of caserole steak cubed and in a sauce.

[JaxV]

If you tried cooking like that in my kitchen you'd be out on your ear in no time, far too much reliance on oil and cooking any steak for that long is blasphemy unless it's a cut of caserole steak cubed and in a sauce.

I like my meat well done but agree about the oil - sounds like far too much! Nice recipe though I may give it a try with a little less oil

This thread makes me want to go roll a cook now.

[Easca]

If you tried cooking like that in my kitchen you'd be out on your ear in no time, far too much reliance on oil and cooking any steak for that long is blasphemy unless it's a cut of caserole steak cubed and in a sauce.

I had a good seared steak and managed to impress the neighbours. That's good enough for me. ^^

[Almagnus1]

I've picked up odd misspellings, like colour.

Hooray?

[Nymphonic]

I actually knew what "scrumble" meant lol.

[Eledios]

*shudder* Ok. I's skip THOSE. I can't stand ANYTHING that comes from sheep. Sheep's wool is hot and itchy, mutton and lamb taste awful, lanoline stinks...
(granted these are all personal opinions, but to me, sheep are the stupidest and most useless creatures on the planet.)

(Especially since we have access to natural products from other livestock to replace all the above, that are infinitely better quality.)

The sheep of the world will rise up to destroy you for this anti-sheep rant

If they were wise enough, they would nod their heads in agreement that indeed everything Flazie said is true

[Kalderic]

Back when Rise of Isengard came out I thought the image for 'white pudding' was bugged. The image showed a sausage instead of pudding. Even some British kinsmen agreed with me thinking it was bugged until one said that white pudding actually really looks like a sausage.

[nubcat]

sheep are the stupidest and most useless creatures on the planet.)

Humans are, actually.

[Edrogar]

The sheep of the world will rise up to destroy you for this anti-sheep rant

[AnnatarsGift]

I'm still waiting for the addition of Pan Haggerty and a pint of Scrumpy.

[Edwenemairth]

I will very, very happily eat all of Flaxie's sheep. I can't get enough of it; I live in the southeastern U.S. where it costs an arm and a leg.

I am also tickled at the creativity of the recipe writing for this game (check out thehungryhobbit.com sometime if you haven't already) and have done my own interpretations of a few of the cooking crafting recipes, too. But there's one that makes me shudder EVERY time I have to prepare it... "Tasty Frosting". It consists of flour...and cream. So basically...it's unflavored milk gravy. No honey, nothing but flour and cream. GAH.